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While the rest of Japan has become ultra-modern, Kyoto has managed to hang on to the older ways. Enjoy a morning amble in Nishijin's textile district to watch the old Kyoto ladies emerge from their traditional townhouses to clean their stoops, or stop by an old shotengai (shopping street) to peruse the ancient speciality shops: tofu, fish and pickle vendors as well as plenty of tea merchants.